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Counterfeiting a property mark
Section 347 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) deals with the counterfeiting of property marks.
(1) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by any other person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
(2) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that any property has been manufactured by a particular person or at a particular time or place, or that the property is of a particular quality or has passed through a particular office, or that it is entitled to any exemption, or uses as genuine any such mark knowing the same to be counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Offence : Counterfeiting a property mark used by another, with intent to cause damage or injury.
Punishment : Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Non-cognizable.
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable.
By what Court triable : Any Magistrate.
Offence : Counterfeiting a property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by him to denote the manufacture, quality, etc., of any property.
Punishment : Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Non-cognizable.
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable.
By what Court triable : Magistrate of the first class.
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